The Sun. — London, England, 1818-09-15 00:00:00

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A 7 his Day was - published, in Sy°. price 10s. 6d. in boards, N HISTORICAL RESEARCH into the Natur e of the BALANCE of POWER in EUROPE. By GOULD FRANCIS LECKIE. Printed for Taylor and Hessey,' 93, Fleet-street. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS iff His MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that Proposals will be received at their Office in Pall-Neill, on or before Friday, the 18th Instant, from such Persons as may be Willing-to undertake the Supply FO Efor the Ordnance Ilvrses stationed in the following Districts, to be delivered at the Eapence of the Contractor. viz. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. PROVINCIAL JOUitNALS. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—The ingenuous candour which distinguishes the conduct of your Journal, pre cludes the necessity of apologizing to yourself or your Readers for the following Answer to SCRU• TATOR. We have before stated that The Royal Cornwall Gazette is now under . the conduct of a new Editor, %rho affixes his name to it as Printer. The new Editor is Mr. Sill/BERL, Wl►u had previously dis played knowledge, ability, and sound principles in the mana4cment of The New Monthly Mcsq:ine, periodical work most laudably instituted for the purpose of counteracting another Publication, which abounds in mischievous doctrines, intended to poison the minds of the people, and which We are glad to find is attended with considera b le sac- This Day was published, in tiro. price 9s. in boards, ND Y 1,0 N; a Poetic not - ounce By JOHN KEATS. Printed for Tarior'and Hessey, 93, Fleet-street. Woolwich, North Britain, Western, Sussex, The Writer appears to be an able and strenuous advocate for the protection of creditors, bt.t Lip positions rest too much on assurance alone to con vince impartial readers that his conclusions are just. In the absence of argument, we have no reason to yield our judgment or subscribe to ad- Thi s D ay were.l7 ---- TROPOLIS PAVING ACT. Puhlished, pi ice ls. 6d. sewed, Rs. halt-bound F O r 25. 11. bound iii Red, a N ew Editi on o f tats ; ISLE Y' s TAX TABLES, f or t h e Y ear *Q in ‘ ,;.,einttaining the General T a x e s, an d a S u pple litcu 9 ' th 'e Acts of the Last Sessi on relating to Ware- Bar l ise- &c. Benefit Clubs, Labourers' Wages, Savi lut i k "arY Ag.ents, Prize-Money, Seamen's Allowances ng , ;ow aell.'_er.sAllOwatices, Game, Poaching, Arrests for Debt, I.`"Plus Abstract of the m Metropolis Paring Act. °114 n o : Publish e d by James Harper, 46, Fleet-stmq. Midland, Kent, exclusive of Woolwich, South West, Eastern, for a period of Six ,:lfonths from the Ist day of October next. The ,Oats to be good, sweet, dry, and clean, without any mixture rfFoxy or Mowburia Oats, and mast not weigh less than P,7 pounds per Winchester Bushel; the hay to be sweet and dry, and delivered in Trusses. of 561bs. weight; the Straw to be good, clean, and dry Wheat or Rye Straw, and &livered in Trusses of 36155. weight. mica. eft, pro (jon bY , odic ( ' i. ted the Pr in OAd er • bt r • did n ut e r n Batik 110,c he %CIS Pr% lat she de )re the cess. The Royal Coinwall Gazette has taken- ail active part in procuring relief for the Inhabitants of the Scilly Islands, who bad been reduced to the greatest distress, and the following account of what has taken place appeared in that Paper of the 12th inst.:— The Prices - to be paid for the respective Quantities of each Adirle which may he delivered at the following rates viz. per tuOlbs. Avoirdupois weight, per hundred and twelve pounds, F rot ao.coe., 6. exa itio . l . ,; ed an d c • ; is be been pL tc a telv ' h of Afg ri a 5 For the Oats at For the Hay at For the Straw at per hundred and twelve pounds. The Proposals may be delivered separately or jointly/ for two or more of the said Districts, and it is expected that the Contractor shall receive the Stable Dung, which, during the period of his Contract, may accumulate, making; an allowance for the same after the rate of per Horse per Ireek. Farther particulars may be known upon 'application to the Officers commanding the Royal daillery in . each _District, and also at the Secretary's Office in Pattatall aforesaid, any day between the hours of Ten and Four o'Clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and endorsed " Pro posals for Forage;" but no Pioposals can he admitted after the said 18th Instant, at Twelve o' Clock at Noon of the same clay; neither will any Tender be noticed unless the Party making it, or mu Agent in his behalf, shall attend. B Order of the Board, R. 11. CRETI', Secretary. " A beginning has at length been made for a public subscription in behalf of the distressed in habitants of the Scilly Islands, to whose case we have (lilting the last two months taken frequent occasion to advert. The early representations of a philanthropic correspondent attracted the me rited attention of the Magistrates of the Western Division of the county, and the Report of the truly respectable Deputation by whoM the necessities of the Islanders were since personally investi. gated has been submitted to the public. This Report, though in general sufficiently full and copious, leaves us in the dark in regard to some points upon which it might he of advantage to the cause to furnish explanation. We cannot better• illustrate our meaning than by the follow., ing extract of a letter, with the perusal of which we have been favoured:— never 6,4 c °lllll §' o•as thlii"o" he • the ris° ° cc! v , p 'I FSSENCE of SHRIMPS, a new and superior SAUCE for FISH, equal in strength to Essence of Anchovies, but far excelling it in flavour, and has the ad vantage of not turning rancid. The immense demand for it is a convincing proof of the estimation it is held in by those who have tried it. The Proprietors flatter themselves, that wherever it is once used, it will obtain a pre-eminence over all other Sauces for Fish. Made ky C. Dintuore and Son ; and sold by T. Powell and Son 111, Holborn-hill, Corner of Hatton-garden. The Public are respectfully requested to observe, that each bottle has the signature of C. Dinmore and Son ; none other is ge nuine ; this caution is. necessary, as there is a spurious arti cle now on sale. was "l'efsift FRAUD PREVENTED. To counteract the many attempts that *re daily made to impose on the unwary a Spurious Composition instead of the GENT INE BL MIRING prepared by DAY and MARTIN, they have adopted a new Label, in which their Signature and Address _ to 4 . ------------ ',•.. This Day were pu bl ished, 4 - "Es. Bro. price 11. as. boards, with a Portrait dt. tri of rare Print by Crispin de Passe, the Second F.. , 1, E IIOIRS of the COURT of QUEEN I3y LUCY ATKIN. Tt ELIZA-DETI-I. the plan of uniting vitil,,..present Work is composed u ti n ,i 1 I e personal History of a celebr p a ' t ) e n d Female . Sovereign, tei,„a connected narration of the Domestic Events . of her 11 1 ,;•.;;' , a large portion of Biographical Anecdote, private Me liiii,l,.acl Traits illustrative of the Manners„ ad a d f e l s :ng. of st, ‘1, 1 ":,:', and Literature, of an interesting perl l'oeui"st°r3'. Original Letters, Speeches, 'rc largely interspersed. and occasional Lt k i.. wd tor Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ~......a, • L1A;Cp,,7,17. the smt A r-) TRAVELLING, - (1 - --. 11.. ' IlF\i 'Ai? ° l N. ° ' c\()lV- tII LL. To YORK, LEEDS, tot:!)i.-'III3ItGH and all PARTS of the NORTH. - "'side Coaches the Best Horses, and keep excellent Time, lin l By IV. IVIOUNTA IN and Co. , _ S'' RCEN,s HEAD INN, SNOW-HILL, LONDON. !- 8 f()ll('‘Ving POST-COACHES, MAIL ; ‘0.1.C.11 FS sic set out from the Saracen's Head Inn, 11‘Y-1-1 ill ' ' ' * Th e u , ••• ki zt t NIPIRF:, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, on t ly . one *el s 1 "n the Riiad, carrying Four Insides and I our On I SII x , Ati_.ntt every Day at One O'clock, arrives at Ltver , o .,i n ir e n t ,',floon at Six o'clock, through Dunstable, _! 1 ., 4 1 ' , 1 , ey , athlintr, North„n,ptou, Wel ford, Lutterworth,_llit,..ll„.., XV4:r.st'ute, Lchfield, R())`!,Pi,..ton and Prescot. Itugely, Stone, Newcastle, Kn. tsf .cl, oke I,',."ANIII•PON Lyinin. ,- ton, Winchester, and Basing tile Nr dew Four Inside - Coacri at half-past Seven o'clock b in . 'l ' . %"'ing*, arrives at the Dolphin•lnn, Southampton, 3 til e k l.? ck cli --Th• is a most delightful Conveyance to tit '''e of \'‘•• " ac e .ight, Jersey, Guernsey, . Niti "lerburc, . ' ''.l‘ , , &c. t very p r.p.c SBURY,II, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Post-Coach, li.`" i ng at Five o'clock.—Guarded. _ . 11 ,d• Cti OUTH, Dorchester Blandford, Salisbury, Andover, u t , (,• ntiZt ' iT s , t ulie, - new Post ' Coach, every Afternoon. The -,, tke. 4 91.ets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherburg, St. Ma il-044TR 4 tt - til , • , Plymouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, F_atin c oti , t i l , , itt , s ~t lth. ,‘._, Si, .. , -. New Post Coach, every :11iNti g, lii tr. e.‘: . (l, 0 ',7 0 , . 1 , Salisbury, . I Efoititon, Axwinger, Brid_port, li(jt-!?I'd, Ba 4 ' ti"."Uz' I Ra,rshot. ,i, Jpo, ', ,l ngstolie, an d Bag shot. 0, It, , `', Spoldinv Peterborough, Stilton,. and Iltin.titg -11th (''''!' Mail Co -' li sets out every Evening to Spilsoy, 11,.. N. .,, rtto sir, •- - , l't 41,.' Li it, i , a nd s Hull.. ' Coaches, through Chip.! At al t, thi , , u , lt lS'lOL . Flying I us't• Tar e ,,,, tRy , l 7, and Nlarlhorough, every 1 4,;....... - e' . rt,„ - „_,.. ; , ,, t1 . 1e cheyhoutid I. , . , ll ,‘ ) . , al, B n a , t i ll i , ri , s a t n o d l, tl n le ex t i o . i i , o l i c i l : 11.0 4 th Nel l , s t street, and the .. .. , /p •' V. ') Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, Exeter, Ply • i ' --F.13 • ''''' 3• Al virtu 1i.k... , I The Rockingham, sets out 4,41,4 orai n „ s. , ....mac.) ; called .. .. .. Nra S e trin;;,' it Eight o Clock ; Insides trio•4gltst„__ !kably easy, with a Guard t -ii 0 t u.,.. ani. __.erry isitige, to '':,‘ltortl, Newark, itetfold, Doneas e , It _ _ a_ 'mai l 1 "e Gollen Lion, Leeds, next morning. N . . t4tiellyZte'd ;::'t.,,,1•1if).-ettlit.cotninion•:x Expedition of this Coach, it is ~ abl l e told complete Public Con, t i. " 4 l3 4 ; s : k it t, l y t t i o, l` t ' i N ie ' r ) . ,7 ll 6 lto a ad r , c b t eing unequalled in 'llAccounnoda -441n•illl,,,.Longtown, Gretna-green ‘ , Annan, Dumfries, ii N. ,' p,',4 horithill Sanquhar-Kiln, Canniock, Kingswe , Z 4• ( tItK -4 ,s of S cotland, ' a Post Coach (dailA• tu'N-11e-, kit'd"c•ar.borough Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, ,... Nes r v- . 1a,,..E. dinhtirgh,'New Four Inside Coach, w_lo,', 4.,,1it,ta,..6- i:4lb t,,, • ti:,(... sets out every Morning by way of Ne.u.at b, .. , C , I L . lql:, rid TiSter! Darlingtsm, Northallerton, l)tilltarn,M st,l%,itettigtillels. Passengers finding themselves fatigued of the journey, may rest what time they kl-AEI proceed on without any additional . _ a . r . e. an _ ri;l!ti. 1:'1.4)(4,1-1, swind„„, Ramsbury, Hunger ford, d (~411)-c•pV C.ach, at Seven 'Morning. ('' -44 1 l'ssi°ltTll S cWalsalN ' esy Post Coach, evet y evening. ,i °4 cli , i. ' ~-,E, Pettrith, ' and Whitehaven, Four Inside Post 'o4'4 l' ( `'. a Ginn d 111 the way passes through Brough, .. 1 . (1 1, 111 ; . xrea ta t , e . , lt , chniond,Catterick, lioroughbridge, 1:,: N•los,.,'„Al'erturd', ,D;weaster, and Grantham. Sets out 11.1!" 4 3'. i; . l ng, 4ild -06-fornis the journey with the greatest "r4shr,,,, dssengers detained on th s Road !,y business or k `‘ l., 4 ,„iti tri„vet..n.e peculiar a• dvantage of their Seats being se tti,,,lNl:)‘ 1 . .. ':xt Coach. h t : 1 1 "y, 0 3 ', . "tneaster, Preston, Rirby-Lonsdale, Bolton,. il. t 1 1 ), 4 t pi, l ." 6l ;irl, am! Garstang Post-Coaches, every Alto k'', • titp "L'aciock.--Guardto'. -1: 1. ,' ; Po st (),,-)-- , Warrington, Knutsford, Stont:, , an . d . l.i ... tel a i- . 1 4 „, i u ei„, 4 :-, deli, , 1 The Defiance, every Lb vi» L ii i , ....! V .. -{;,, t , , . ,th the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, is ti k; 4t.,...v,t0.tal hroughout. kitlik:Ni!'JL.) Post -Coach every Morning, at Half-past 6, 'ls'',4\i'ieCit* NewPnrt, ‘Vlt'itchu'reh, 'Tarporley, Nantwieb. I/ Nt0,..„ and Middlewich Post-Coach, every Evening, at ' A N ,- ""s• ~,,, ..).1.: 1 " v ,„, ~,,t "'h., ' AO, S'oclitonand Yarm, new Coach, every ~,,, ,„ o,_ ~. , , ~, _ ~ 'IN l l N.:tipit: !i-vorge Inn, Sunderland. rtitilv e ,i'. 14 Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Walsal, ytkii, iiiPplF.;";!Ptoti, Post-Coach, every Afternoon. Guarded.. • I.l,.__";..?anil.ltotherhatul'ost-Coach, called the Rod, NAft itiNliNv!;. Morritng. ~,w . ltito : , `4IAM Post Coach, with a Guard, sets out every e k , t les t by 1")"nr1 reaches B irini ' ngliain next day at Noon.— fin/Sout ham, Leamington, Warwick, New %N/h, t1,,,Z,,!nd Congleton, to the Saracen's Heat!, Bull ei L4 • , , , \ or'",""" 1-ill'e,irvery I N i j • av e , nowden, Thorn, and Doncaster, I'ost 1,1.4)1'1,44.e; i r' i l i ling at half -past Six, to the Cross Keys, t.,,• ''P rsli..: lt ' b Yal ‘t ' ••;`th,..-'',, (1,.',',"11/ate, Sandwich, Ramsgate,Canterbut•y, ,'llt,:p7,'„Nlov,:i'''"ans, Rochester, and Stroud, New Post- Idtry ;i' l'•ORI)4c,„ Noon, and Night. .ikrii.,. I are, Idoldesdon, and Cheshunt Coach, 11.f.',1,4',4E•N1.,1-elPTand Edmonton Coach (daily), at Eleven, .":::.,it,l„`,l"Ais tj,(,•., an . d Eight o'Clock. •', t : ,' Aldi, l''".'l Waggons •atid Coaches, to Ness-bury, . is : 14 ' d tt)1 1 I,4'''", Woution-liasset, Lamb:turn, Hunger ' ht•idi 'llS, and alt 'l'i, ' lip, Places adjacent, daily. , ie s ,. -.1 Kt . ~ , WAtiGoNs, (...1)1N It,,,k."ENIPSTEAD, Watford and Stantnore,Three ',e t) , :\ ` it, lt,,. cie ttt'lltitOt4ty, s' 13'14,43, Bury and all Parts of Suffolk, 'te r . ,' . (.:/;' N . l „ ' 1 ' 11; t1 (4*- T i t 1 1'" 1' i i '. 11 14 ,,.' 'Y'it.'gdon, Henley, Bristol, and G10u v,,,,r,,, ~ INI Pl' o l . 4 %% yeti, t 1 . I, r i, t . N., Winchester Rums( L inlburst, I.)' - s , / , ,,..A e 4 , :.,...1,u,..„,, , n , . • , ~y, . 3 w _ i? , ll , i it, It ~,ht : ::, ri tt ..,w nod, I. ,ordnighridge, inifio .. T, I ( , ,, , it i N u : , I-4, 41 ' se}, and Gnerusey Waggons (1),n1))• I t J l r i „ - 7 Icli land l'ton, and Twiclenlyou 'twice a Week. t, .. Iv : \ii . Wool%' .1 ' . ' I,: , viq i ,. N1()ON a lid E. ,__ 1 ".. I, livery Day. , i Ly ,): abo ,_,Vi'AiN ull 01!tull,ay. i„, i,..z.„,, it,,i, co. ,-.spect fully acquaint their .ii, ' l ll 4 '', l',, m t ic, that they will not be accountable for k tat ' Itt '' Piv,. I."‘"<ia' Y - ~,1 _ - . mui, „.--.‘iggage, w, Ri ngs. pl a t e , &e. or \ al, ee t.s B s,,, ll ' . - 1 . 1 s_alne, if stolen, lost, or damaged, un -4 tiviidainHult,tho Insurance paid tor acct.' dinghy, l:tow•-hill, Loudon. :.1? 0115 re" ( 0 e balte. • no n 60 , e ver) Y g re I) gel , (e V 6 p ! ;o rs c ot , oploY lrl t he er fr"" . be fered r°. d j)e P r f e tTio s4' U n s , ti ird° l , ~ter ior c 1 14 0111 : 0 4 1 . le !Ice ire f tis 3 , ( 1 b ro'l' t t o ‘., 10)1 1 lie n 0, 4 ► P r • ‘l7 oo g 31)( r l exc" A LP to vv.- f ips et e r 0 0 - 1 Ic Mr • ' ~ Li th e " „id °` ee r ,v ate rh i(l l ' ' o ffe r bat ell ; 1 . 3 str ellV io 11 3de )11 1 :I'Sa" ,addof 014' [3o 3Cs.stree ' g 1 0; a°l 71)°'' we aid ge °l46 Ip str ee t on ' t the 0 0 4 arrer 'll,ar .o'3o e ell 11 0144 : 01" s uf r‘f 0 1 6r e r " IC.ti ‘ 74 , r s 6 0 01 701 97 1 High Holborn, is so conspicuously placed in the centre of the Label, that they trust an attention to this, and the dif f erence of the Type, which is unlike all Letter-press, will enable Purchasers at onoz.to detect the Imposition. The REAL JAPAN BLACKING, made and sold whole sale by DAY and MARTIN, 97, High Holborn, and re tailed by the principal Grocers, Di uggist s , B oo k se ll ers, Iron mongers, Perfumers, Boot-miers, &c. in the United King dom, in Bottles at 6d :id and Ps. 6d. each. ASSASSINATION OF MR. COCKERELL AT BRUSSELS. (From the Brussels Papers.) BRUSSELS, SEPT. B.—This morning a terrible assassination was committed, between nine and • ten o'clock, in this city. A person, armed with a pistol which had 0 bayonet, got into the apart ments of Mr. Cockerell, a very rich Englishthan, who lives in the Montague du Paris, and at tempted to discharge his pistol at him; but, as 'it missed, he made use of his bayonet, and in flicted on his victim several dangerous, if not mortal wounds. Having committed this crime he escaped, leaving in Mr. Cockerell's room the pis tol and his coat. The Police are in pursuit of hint; he is generally spoken of as having inha bited a lodging in a neighbouring house, and va rious causes are assigned fur this dreadful assas sination. SEPT. 9.—The assassination of Mr. Cockerel' has hitherto escaped all the exertions of the po lice. This individual (not a Belgian), was not induced to this crime by jealousy, as has been reported. Mr. Cockerell's situation is very alarm ing, for of the five wounds which he has received two are supposed to be mortal. This Englishman enjoyed the public esteem, and - the crime com mitted npou his person has excited in this city equal horror and indignation. A Flemish Paper gives the following account of the attempt to assassinate Mr. Cockerell. The particulars differ from those inserted under the head of Brussels Papers : Mr. Cockerel! purchased some time ago, from M. Vanden Hoven, pharmacist, the house which he at present inhabits,and anotheradjoining house, let to the widow Montaud. The pew proprietor,wishing to enjoythe whole of his aequisition,gavethe widow notice to quit. She,wa,,however,very unwilling to move; and to induce the proprietor to consent to her staying, went to hint on the Ist of this mouth to solicit that favour, and to .pay her rent. She was accompanied by a Frenchman, a sort of Factotum, whom her husband had formerly relieved, when in destitute circumstances, and taken into his service. M. Cockerel' was in bed; .and, on his refusal to listen to any pro position, the Frenchman drew from his pocket a pistol with a little bayonet. 'flu e widow called out to hint, ‘, Wretch, what are you going to do ?" He attempted to fire the pistol, but it missed, 11 pOll which he immediately threw himself upon M. Cockerell, and stabbed hint with the bayonet. He inflicted five wounds, two of which are supposed to be mortal. According to another report, jealousy was the only cause of this catastrophe. The Englishman, it is said, being struck with the already antiquated charms of the widow, was in clined to lend a favourable ear to her request : but the Fac totum, whose prior claim had long been established (for the suicide of the husband is attributed to the chagrin which this connexion gave him), jealous of the widow's visit, hovered about Mr. Cockerell's door from five o'clock in the morning until he saw his mistress come out. He then rushed in, and stabbed the unfortunate victim in his bed. The assassin tied; VW kaviog .kit coat at a public-house in Brussels. M 15510119. Certainly, the ready facility which is afforded by the Insolvent Act to extricate debtors from legal thraldom, operates as an inducement to many persons to surrender themselves to that responsi bility which the present law attaches to debt and imprisonment ; and a hope of emancipation en courages thernlo meet that responsibility in pre .ferefice to expensive and prolonged litigation, which heretofore often terminated in the disap pointment of the creditor, and the hopeless capti vity of the debtor ; and the protection which the same Act affords to the creditors, leaves them without excuse, if their own negligence is creative of disappointment. Credit (from Credo, to be lieve) is given on the faith of the debtor's means, and before he can be enlarged from confinement he must surrender those means for the benefit of his creditors. The Act was manifestly intended to caution the Public against giving fictitious credit, on the presumed power of holding a man in custody for non-payment. It is true to a Pro verb that a. gaol pays no debts. To confine a man for non-payment of a-debt whicri he is unable to pay, is like tying his hands behind him, and then bidding hint to work. If the property or means of the debtor are not commensurate to the credit he seeks, such credit ought to be withheld ; and if he contracts a debt which he cannot pay according to his engagement, he should be allowed the opportunity of industrious pursuits to recover himself. If, indeed, he contracts a debt upon a false representation of his circumstances, or with out probable means of payment, he is precluded from relief by the express provisions of the Act itself. And for the discovery of any circumstances attendant on the mode of contracting a debt, - or the situation of the debtor at the time, the statute authorizes the examination of the debtor himself upon oath, and the admission of other evidence to skew misconduct or fraud; and thus both his motive and means may he ascertained. It must be admitted, that time gaols have been hitherto much crowded since the operation of the Act, and this might have been well anticipated ; for those debtors who have been released under it, must of necessity have left their creditors in some embarrassment, and they in turn became insolvent and required similar relief. Ili< when the measure shall become more universally known and understood, caution will induce inquiry, and information will check indiscretion ; the trading community will become more circumspect, an' instead of weighing risk against profit, will learn to avoid the former, and be less inordinate is speculating on the latter. The position of SCIIUTATOR, that imprisonment for debt, acting in terrorern, would be a pub lic good, is untenable. Under the old Law that system was found unavailable to any good pur pose. It tended to induce credit on the ex pectation of holding the debtor in custody, from motives of revenge only, or on a calculation that his friends would step in and relieve hits, and submit to an extortion in discharging a debt or contract to which they were not parties ; and this is a speculation which the great Lord MANS FIELD well described as " an attempt to torture the humanity of friends to-pay . that which on no ground of equity - could be expected from them." The whole tenor of SCRUTATOR'S observations would lead the Reader to infer that imprison ment for debt, with unlimited or uncertain du tation, would best accord with the advantages of credit and commercial dealings, and that, under the Insolvent Act, many must of necessity become subject to its operation who would not other wise have incurred such liability, and, to confirm his deduction, be goote4 the Report of the Lords' Committees on Imprisonment for Civil Debt, stating, that " the creditor of to-day may be the debtor of to-morrow." This is assuredly true ; but the Act is beneficial in providing for such a consequence, and establishing relief for all debtors who may become so unfortunate as to require it, if no fraud is evident. The part to which he al hides in the Report is as follows :—" Time view (of incarcerating the debtor) was restricted to the direct operation alone of time procedure, without adverting to its incidental consequences. It WAS ,not considered that the creditrir of to-day may be the debtor of tomorrow; and that a system which affects, with exaggerated harshness, in their se veral turns, so many of the individuals constitut ing the community, cannot be a convenient one society." It cannot be denied that many abuses have re sulted under the Act, as they always must from any measure of so comprehensive a nature, until minutely understood, and vi g il ant ly atten d e d to; and trusting that the wisdom and discretion of the Legislature will be competent to devise means of prevention or rules of correction, I close this with another quotalion,from the Report It is the lot of every human Institution that in spine of its effects it may bear inconveniently ; and all that .the sagacity of man can achieve is, that in any public regulation the benefits of the direct object may far preponderate over any possible consequential evil." W, M----N. " We have been much affected in reading the accounts which have from time to time appeared in the public paper 3 respecting the peculiarly dis tressed stare of the poor people in Scilly, and the little we can do individually is scarcely worth mentioning, yet if there remains a necessity fur further exertions we .have thought that some of our friends might be prevailed 'pun to take the trouble of representing the case amongst their neighbours, and thereby raise a few pounds in aid of what may he collected ire parts where the cir cumstances, being better known, are likely to ex cite more commi serat i on . I therefore request you to forward us such printed statement of the case as may have been published, and just to mention whether the 5001. promised by Govern ment has been received, and how far there is the probability of their taking up the case and making more permanent provision for their wants, and whether there is the expectation of a further grant being obtained from that source for the sup ply of their immediate necessities—what number of families and individuals are considered to be in this state of distress—whether they are relieved by any parochial allowance—how much has been already raised, and what further assistance is ex pected—how the monies collected have been ap plied, and what sum it would be desirable to col- , lect to answer the purposes which the Committee have in view.' " Such are the points on which the public will naturally look for information, and we trust that these inquiries will suggest to the Committee of - Management the propriety of furnishing it with as little delay as possible. " We cannot dismiss this subject without re. commending to tl►e serious consideration of the Committee an opinion which we know to be en tertained by those whose local experience and habits of business render thr►n much better qua lified to give advice than out selves. It is tl►is-- that to ensure the complete success of this bene volent measure, the chief Magistrate...of every town in Cornwall ought to be solicited by the Commi•tee to convene a public meeting of its in habitants, for the purpose of appealing to ~ their sympathies in favour of their suffering country men ; and that in like manner every banking house in the county ought to be individually re.. quested to receive contributions for their benefit. „.. _ . That such applications would be universally and cheerfully complied with there can be no doubt ; and as little can it be questioned that the fhime of philanthropy, thus kindled throughout Cornwall, instead of being confined to the immediate vicinity of Penzance, would be communicated to the re- molest parts of the kingdom, and speedily enable the Committee fully to accomplish the object of its formation." CHAIN BRIDGE. The public will be gratified to hear that the chain bridge over the river Tweed at Dryburgli Abbey is again erected on a new mktl more ele gant plan. It is calculmed to be more than double the strength of the hist one, the span is the same, viz. 262 feet, and no doubt is enter tained that it will completely answer the purpose. The motion of the plattotm is comparatively nothing. Great praise is due to the Earl of BUCHAN, for his spirited and patriotic persever ance in his encouragement of an improvement in the arts, of such essential importance to the country. This is the only bridge of the kind on so ext&nsive a scale in Britain, and it is rather singular it should he the only bridge over the Tweed connecting Roxburghshire with Berwick shire. The bridge was designed and executed by the Messrs. SMITH, of Darniek, and exhibits art excellent specimen of scientific knowledge.— , _ .